New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-23

the prices for all the options but despite that the foreign
demand continued TO be 80 heavy that the EXPORT, from
Zoo bushels against 900 for the correspond
Ing week Of 1886 In this connection 1t Is well re-
Wa pt az hi.
duness 10 the iron trade without special ssncsnce
orders and the delivery Of the product The largest
makers and best judges remain buoyantly conpaensi
markets. assuming better shape and prices stronger
Despite reports the contrary there has been no agree
unusual for the large producers to take advantage Of the
periods OF HOLIDAYS for cleaning up ana 'e n mSs
%snt,, " so that it Is 'pA not UNLIKELY ths.
In the week ton days thcro may be an irregular
absence OF that fierce between the anthracite
and buminous interests. which has been so insrumSh-
satisfactory result can only be accounted for the
theory that the increased consumption gives satisfactory
The stock Exchange markets during the last week
developed features that not conspicuous IN me
OF week ago The demand for good and second class
railway bonds was further developed and prITrss ices
Erie seconds were conspicuous tor an ad,
Of sT cent to nph and aGr t"y
SELL the June coupon OF per cent All good and
per bonds OF long dates selling between and l0a
an absence Of supply the lower priced bonds quest
ionablc mortgages and uncertain incomes there were
special movements, but they were entirely OF
speculative and ephemera character In the stock mar
ket strong tone rned and prices for good stocks ann lor
OF the fancie recorded further material advances
but to great extent the latter pat OF the week was
maj Ss and after that the
element imagining that Its operations were an
asTcted its faC eScrd ' the
values Tho market however. after only moderate de-
cines hestaed at the figures and absorbed all stocks OF
fered Hero and there the nal figures for some OF the
stocks which before had made largo advances snow
small declines from week ago; but the general list
shows some progress more significant because OF its
character than because Of the amount Of the hna AT
vances. special movement in NewYork and New
England, which carried its price from 57s M TO Cts
and which probably was directed more against the
than because OF any immediate change in the conditions
OF the property. was not helpful movement
for the general market 1t being REGARDED Simply
as a chasing OF "shorts." succeeding break was
temporarily unfavorably Influence the general market;
in fact II ia pretty well ascertaned that some OF the
operators in New-Iork and New-Engand VINO closer e,
their contract nj about 81, simultaneously, put ouO
" short contracts in other stocks to DO notel,
however that New-York and New England closed tho
only per below ts highest price II Ia super
uous that Philadelphia and Reading was nnnler
esting when its total huctuaon was covered by per
and it, closing figure was the same asone week ago
but within this narrow range OF figures tne
100000 shares The diydend-paying GrangeTs
OF the better class and the dividend
from u TO per cent The transactions for the week
yesterdays session lasting only two hours aggregated
cedng week The principal factors In the market are
the steadily progressive character OF general trade
by the railways. The recently newborn leaders OF
stock speculation have been slow to appreciate these
factors, aud hence the movement OF prices has Deen
retarded and made datory by the employment ot ar.
fetal methods. But during the period OF
inertness OF average Wall Street spec
naiors and their leaders there has been an appree-
alton OF existing conditions among portion OF inc
public. which In quiet way has absorbed
aud taken from the street what In the aggresa,e
numbers many thousand shares OF the best ca's oi
stocks. Unless all presidents fail Il cannot be oxpectei
that tue stocks thus retired from the speculative arena
will b. returned until there Is complete change IN inc
conditions which controlling business and encoufag
ing the construction OF thousands oil miles oil ne" i"
subloned Is our usual able giving tho highest lowest
and final prices and number OF shares OLD for the week.
together with the final prices Of week ago OF seventy
active representative stocks, prehNed Dy the prices
OF May -. lSsG: